Tired And Frustrated With Food

[Guest bwacs]

Are there any of you out there that get frustrated and tired of dealing with food all the time and having to think about what you can and cannot fix and eat. I've had Celiac for about 9 years six years undiagnosed with anemia and then with capsular endoscopy viola Celiac.. Simply there are time that I just hate food-and subsequently I go for the easy stuff that has sugar and I drink alot of coffee. Would appreciate some input..

[shezatrip]

My heart goes out to you! I am new to this forum with Fibro/undiagnosed celiac..

however testing foods.

I get so SICK of rotating foods, trying this..not that..bending over in pain...

exhaustion...

etc...Now, I am trying to do rotation diet for my son with milk.

All i can say is..."AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

I am with you!!!!!!!!!!!

I SERIOUSLY could go raw food easily. Smoothies, salads/DONE! However, I have

a child and a hubby to think of and it complicates it.

I have no clue yet if mine is gluten/dairy...both....neither...or something

odd like apples! LOL...but something is KILLING me, and has been for years.

So, you are not alone! As I try to make lunches for my son with no dairy..

and then add things back in. I don't know what works, and what is not.

It is one huge pot of CONFUSION soup!

So, I feel your pain and I am exhausted from it all too.

BTW, how did the pill cam work? was it easy to swallow?

May need to do that.

Hang in there!!!!

[Skylark]

Are there any of you out there that get frustrated and tired of dealing with food all the time and having to think about what you can and cannot fix and eat. I've had Celiac for about 9 years six years undiagnosed with anemia and then with capsular endoscopy viola Celiac.. Simply there are time that I just hate food-and subsequently I go for the easy stuff that has sugar and I drink alot of coffee. Would appreciate some input..

I've been at this for over five years. I know what you mean, although for me it's frustrated about eating out. I hate having to think about where there is a place with a gluten-free menu or feeling like a scene from When Harry Met Sally.

Eating at home and shopping is just habit at this point. If I'm tired/lazy I grab produce, cheese, peanut butter, potatoes, that kind of thing. I never have to bother with labels in the produce section and can shop "normally", whatever that means. Sugar is bad news for me, so I tend to avoid it.

[Juliebove]

Yes, I do get frustrated. Like today when I saw a new (to me anyway) frozen food that looked safe. But a scan of the ingredients showed that it contained wheat.

Or when the other mothers tell me to send my daughter to Subway or McDonalds or the teriyaki place for dinner when she is at the dance studio. I wish! Would make it sooo much easier.

I also worry about what's going to happen when she moved out on her own. Some of the gluten-free foods are soooo expensive!

[MelindaLee]

I've only been gluten-free since August, and most of it is getting to be 2nd nature for me, but some days I do get frustrated. I love the Food Network cooking shows. On bad days I sit there and think, "can't eat that, or that, or that...". Or, if I smell something someone made at work that smells sooo good, but I know I can't eat. Most days are not bad days and I have found ways around most of my favorite foods and gotten used to gluten-free breads, so usually "Life is Good"....but there are days!

[Jestgar]

Or, if I smell something someone made at work that smells sooo good, but I know I can't eat.

You could always strive to be the person at work who causes envy with their lunch...